The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave

Novels by Sebastian Barry, Louise Kennedy, Barbara Kingsolver and Marlon James; Nikita Hand tells her story, Vincent Browne’s Haughey biography – and much more

Judge Wendy Erskine said: ‘This is a mesmerising story told in a tender, unhurried way by a poised and talented writer. It’s poetic and has a beautiful toughness’

The writer on Gaza-themed new novel Every Exit Brings You Home, not being from anywhere in particular, and the ‘terrifying’ reality of Ice in Chicago

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Slow Horses; Paul Howard live; Jamie O’Connell memoir; Kevin Gildeas Brilliant Bookshop; Samuel Beckett’s Stirrings Still; Bobby Sands play; Elizabeth Wassell Montague; Project Children: The Legacy

Author and illustrator Cressida Cowell on the latest of her ‘fantasy’ books that pretend to be ‘history’ books

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Katriona O’Sullivan book deal; Heaney-Miłosz Residency; Celebrating Are You Somebody?; Look North campaign; Grace Wells poetry award

The 12 winning writers will pitch their unpublished debuts to publishers and agents in September

Books newsletter: the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

In Angel Down, the author adopted a single-sentence structure to reflect the uncertainty of warfare

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s books pages, including details of Irish Book Week and Kilkenny Arts Festival

Djamel White’s gangland novel All Them Dogs is up against former winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart as well as Elizabeth Strout and nine others

There were few signs of growing pains at the festival, whose move to a larger site in Co Laois comfortably accommodated 16,000

‘Writing a novel is pretty audacious to begin with. Why not lean into the audacity a little?’

Everything you need to know about the Co Laois music and arts festival this weekend